Powder Highway Dispatch #1

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The world of skiing in the united states started with Sun Valley Idaho installing the first chairlift ever in 1936. Now K2 is trying to inspire a new generation into living their own adventures with the Powder Highway.

“There is nothing that can set you free like a good road trip.”

Mountains in Motion

[Vimeo] <— 80,200 Thanks to JP Auclair for finding this beauty. And thanks to the creators for sharing how they captured some of these full season shots with their DIY Solar Camera for multi-month time lapses.

Awesomeness.

[More Behind the Scenes]
[Mountains in Motion – Facebook]

Mile High Mayhem Wheelchair Rugby Tournament


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“The Mile High Mayhem wheelchair rugby tournament will be at Englewood high school February 9 and 10th 2013. The Denver Harlequins wheelchair rugby team will have 2 teams competing in the tournament.”

Thanks for the info Jason Regier… these guys are crazy and if you’ve never seen this sport played live, you are missing out.

Mile High Mayhem Denver Harlequins

Mile High Mayhem

Tanner Hall – Hype Man

[VimeeeeO] <— 77,214 Tanner Hall nails it with this hype man speech to amp up Henrik Harlaut to throw the first ever nose butter triple cork 1620 which resulted in a perfect score 50 to secure his ESPN X Games Big Air gold medal.

I love RAW video.

2013 X GAMES ASPEN BIG AIR RESULTS

  1. Henrik Harlaut — 97.00
  2. Kai Mahler — 91.00
  3. Elias Ambühl — 89.00
  4. Bobby Brown — 86.00
  5. Gus Kenworthy — 81.00
  6. PK Hunder — 79.00

Alan Watts – By Trey Parker + Matt Stone


[YouTubeUlar] <— 1,523,412 Matt Stone and Trey Parker created these little animations based on presentations and lectures from the late Alan Watts. It needs zero explanation. Don’t even tell yourself to watch it… just get it.

Here is where it comes from.
[Open Culture Link]

Don’t like watching things? Here is something else to wrap your head around.
[Tim Lott on Alan Watts – Article]

And here is an entire world of thought and abstractness wrapped around money $$ from an Alan Watts 1960s television program.

“Just let your mind alone, and stop trying to make sense of the world. There is really something to think about… other than thought itself.”

[Alan Watts – The Silent Mind]

The Edge of Never


[YouTubeUlar] <— 145,415 Another movie worth finding... and watching. Thanks for the heads up Manley. I Can't believe we hadn't heard of this 2009 film starring Kye Petersen, Mike Hattrup and Glen Plake earlier. [Edge of Never Homepage]

Alan Watts – Wake Up


[YouTubeUlar] <— 521,871 Need a quote to inspire the weak necessities of real work, real time and real money? Pick one of these 50 Quotes from Alan Watts and get busy. Good luck freeing your mind.

Need more inspiration?
[What Do You Desire?]

Still need more?
[What Do You Desire – FULL]
[What Do You Desire – RAW Audio Only]

Alan_WattsPick one. Get inspired… and wake up.

Zen Buddhist Alan Watts passed away, or transformed life in November, 1973 at the age of 58. He was an imaginative creature and I feel as if I could learn a lot from him and his writing.
[Alan Watts Wikipedia]

Here is another?
[Alan Watts on Hermits and Outcasts]

Bo Bridges – Winter X Games Aspen 2013

[Vimeeeeeeo] <— 845 views As Bo Bridges would like to say… it is almost go time.

Winter X Games 2013 is now upon us. As usual – ESPN’s website is atrocious to find relevant information – but here is a direct link to the Schedule of Aired Events in Eastern Standard Time … calculate your own viewing experience.

If you are heading to Aspen to celebrate in the fun, here is the Schedule You Want To Look At which is the same link as above but you must click RESULTS on the secondary tab to see the event times (Only now in Mountain Standard Time). Makes a ton of sense right? Blah.

Skiing Events

Thursday, January 24th

  • 10:30-12:00pm — Men’s Ski SuperPipe Elimination

Friday, January 25th

  • 1:30-3:00pm — Men’s Ski Slopestyle Elimination
  • 6:30-7:45pm — Women’s Ski SuperPipe Final
  • 8:45-10:00pm — Men’s Ski SuperPipe Final

Saturday, January 26th

  • 7:00-9:00pm — Ski Big Air

Sunday, January 27th

  • 12:00-1:15pm — Men’s Ski Slopestyle Final
  • 1:45-3:00pm — Women’s Ski Slopestyle Final

Facebook Pillars – Graph Search


[YouTubeUlar] <— 321 Facebook added a new pillar to hold itself up today.

Facebook Pillars:

  1. News Feed
  2. Timeline
  3. Graph Search

It will be interesting to see how strong the tripod 3 pillar effect will be at sustaining future growth of this world changing company whose mission is to “make the world more open and connected”.

[TheVerge – Read Full]